Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2019-08-15

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Thu, Aug 15
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
142 head
8 vs last sale 134 142 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
87 head
52 vs last sale 139 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
16 vs last sale 0 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 6.00 to 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder classes lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.68/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$110.68
20 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$584
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$6
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.60
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511114.5058513thin
Medium and Large 2559103.585797thin
One grade step is worth $10.92/cwt here — about $6 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale20 hd
110.68
GA average16 barns · 905 hd
108.08
+2.60
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage2,00590.001,8051thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31356.1373748
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10648.3453513

Every lot, as filed

16 lots · USDA AMS · Duvall Livestock - Greensboro, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 267396.54/cwt95.00–98.006502
BullsMedium and Large 2473107.41/cwt105.00–110.005082
HeifersMedium and Large 2473108.26/cwt105.00–110.005123
BullsMedium and Large 2382120.69/cwt120.00–121.004613
SteersMedium and Large 1543127.50/cwt127.50–127.5069219
BullsMedium and Large 2525107.37/cwt106.00–109.005643
BullsMedium and Large 2419118.53/cwt118.00–120.004974
HeifersMedium and Large 1511114.50/cwt114.50–114.5058513
HeifersMedium and Large 2575103.59/cwt101.00–106.005962
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,090760.00/cwt760.00–760.008,2842
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24651.80/cwt50.00–53.0064510
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32356.24/cwt54.00–60.0074433
CowsLean 85-90%1,15943.57/cwt41.00–45.005055
CowsLean 85-90%1,07351.32/cwt49.00–55.005518
Bulls2,00590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,8051
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37964.07/cwt62.00–65.008845

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.